when installing pyaudio, pip cannot find portaudio.h in /usr/local/include
Since pyAudio has portAudio as a dependency, you first have to install portaudio.
brew install portaudioThen try: pip install pyAudio. If the problem persists after installing portAudio, you can specify the directory path where the compiler will be able to find the source programs (e.g: portaudio.h). Since the headers should be in the /usr/local/include directory:
pip install --global-option='build_ext' --global-option='-I/usr/local/include' --global-option='-L/usr/local/lib' pyaudio
You have to install portaudio first then link that file. Only then you can find that header file (i.e, portaudio.h). To install portaudio in mac by using HomeBrew program use following commands.
brew install portaudiobrew link portaudiopip install pyaudiosudo is not needed if you're admin. We should refrain using sudo as it messes up lots of permissions.